Carrión Spending Questioned

The campaign of New York City mayoral candidate Adolfo Carrión Jr. on Wednesday defended his use of a political action committee a decade ago after a published report questioned its spending.

Mr. Carrión, the former Bronx borough president, largely ignored questions from reporters Wednesday morning about the spending of BXNY PAC, which raised more than $170,00 between 2001 and 2006, when it closed down, according to a report published...